“Not an accident?!” Ji Mengtang’s intuition immediately recalled what Xu Kuanghou said: some people thought the fire was set by him, could it be–
“That fire was not an accident. The culprit was my mother. It happened when I was fourteen…”
He closed his eyes, painfully telling her this secret he had never shared with anyone before.
At the time, the police investigation suggested it was likely arson, but no matter how they questioned him, he always evaded the issue. The police couldn’t find evidence of external malicious intrusion, so the case was closed as unsolved. In fact, he knew very clearly that the arsonist was his own mother!
“How could this be? This is – so cruel!”
Ji Mengtang was shocked, unable to believe that someone could be so heartless, wanting to harm even their own child. No matter how much grudge existed between parents, they shouldn’t drag an innocent child into it!
“Actually, I don’t blame my mother,” Kang Yansheng said in a low voice.
“I know she was suffering and didn’t want me to suffer the same way in the future, so she wanted to take me with her. Besides, she was probably already crazy by then!” Although he didn’t approve of his mother’s actions, he couldn’t bear to criticize her, especially when she was already insane.
“No matter how painful, one should never deprive a child of the right to live. I really cannot accept such an approach!”
She sighed deeply.
“She just didn’t want me to follow her path and suffer for love.” Now he was increasingly able to understand his mother’s state of mind at the time.
“Will you?”
She asked unexpectedly.
“Will what?”
He slightly furrowed his brow, not understanding her out-of-the-blue question.
“Follow in your mother’s footsteps, suffer for love.” She gazed into his eyes, suddenly very wanting to know the answer to this question.
“Me? Hmph!”
He laughed sarcastically, propping himself up with his arm and sitting up, his unfocused eyes turning towards the dazzlingly blue ocean.
